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rationalize the role we play in this modern day version of slavery the same way eighteenth century u.s. slavery advocates and some modern day southern republicans argue the slaves slaves at least had free housing food and medical care as compensation for their labors as i point out in my book what would jefferson do although jefferson inherited land and slaves as a teenager when his father died and more including his wife's half sister sally hemings one of the wife's father died jefferson knew slavery up front and personal and worked much of his life to end it in april of seven hundred seventy jefferson was practicing law and defended a slave who was requesting his freedom place with the case was how the netherlands in his arguments on behalf of all jefferson said that under the law of nature all men are born free and every one comes into the world with the right of his own person which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will that year the year before seven hundred sixty nine as a legislator in virginia he'd written a bill to abolish the importation of slaves in tha
rationalize the role we play in this modern day version of slavery the same way eighteenth century u.s. slavery advocates and some modern day southern republicans argue the slaves slaves at least had free housing food and medical care as compensation for their labors as i point out in my book what would jefferson do although jefferson inherited land and slaves as a teenager when his father died and more including his wife's half sister sally hemings one of the wife's father died jefferson knew...
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he says rice denied al qaeda's lead role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that cost the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others and she did so knowing it was true. well, the man who defeated mccain in the 2008 presidential campaign takes this as a personal shot at him. how will he respond? will he name ambassador rice his new secretary of state to replace hillary clinton? will he meet mccain's challenge head on and send rice up to the capitol to go face-to-face with the enemy? tonight we study the battlefield and the firepower of the two sides in this year-ending fire fight. mccain sure wants this fight, but do his fellow republicans? do they want an older white guy taking on the competence of a young woman of color, a rhodes scholar of solid reputation? most important, what end does the president want for this match of fact and wits? i'm joined by michael o'hanlon of the brookings institution and jonathan landay. the intelligence reporter for mcclatchy newspapers. michael, thank you for this. i want to get to the facts. am
he says rice denied al qaeda's lead role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that cost the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others and she did so knowing it was true. well, the man who defeated mccain in the 2008 presidential campaign takes this as a personal shot at him. how will he respond? will he name ambassador rice his new secretary of state to replace hillary clinton? will he meet mccain's challenge head on and send rice up to the capitol to go face-to-face with...
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it was the u.s. geological survey report revealing that america has 26% of the world's recoverable conventional oil reserves and -- which is more than we're using, so we could be -- become independent. and almost 30% of the world's technically recoverable conventional natural gas resources. so with all of these things in mind, the congressional research service agrees, usgs agrees that we could become independent. so it all comes together. you know, this isn't happening in a vacuum. we've got a good bill here. we need to get it done in the short period of time that has been given us by the leadership and i think we can do. i agree with the chairman of the -- of the committee, that we can get this done. but this one amendment is one that would probably more than any other amendment take away our ability to spend this money on the readiness -- on the readiness, not the experimental program on green energy. with that,, mr. president, i would yield the floor and reserve the balance of my time. mr. levin
it was the u.s. geological survey report revealing that america has 26% of the world's recoverable conventional oil reserves and -- which is more than we're using, so we could be -- become independent. and almost 30% of the world's technically recoverable conventional natural gas resources. so with all of these things in mind, the congressional research service agrees, usgs agrees that we could become independent. so it all comes together. you know, this isn't happening in a vacuum. we've got a...
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as of last year, u.s. -- the u.s. virgin islands had a total of 1,807 men and women armed services personnel serving in the army, air force, coast guard and navy. we have 108 officers proudly serving in our national guard and air guard and sadly, we too lost soldier well, lost eight in the afghan and iraq wars. presently, the decision on which flags fly and are laons rests with the individual base commander. the display of flags in the territories and u.s. military installations at home and abroad varies. the department of the army is the only branch of the military that has taken steps to ensure a service-wide policy requiring display of all 56 flags. i stand today with my five delegate colleagues to again call on the senate to adopt the house bill that includes language requiring all branches of the armed fores to fly the flags of the district of columbia, american samoa, the commonwealth of the northern marianas, quam, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands when the flags of the 50 states are displayed. we're tire
as of last year, u.s. -- the u.s. virgin islands had a total of 1,807 men and women armed services personnel serving in the army, air force, coast guard and navy. we have 108 officers proudly serving in our national guard and air guard and sadly, we too lost soldier well, lost eight in the afghan and iraq wars. presently, the decision on which flags fly and are laons rests with the individual base commander. the display of flags in the territories and u.s. military installations at home and...
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u.s. department of agriculture issued a statement saying pork is safe and that all come pans are in compliance. consumer reports stood by their findings. but it's not that hard to make pork safe. make sure you cook it thoroughly. you want to cook whole pork through to 145 degrees. use a meat thermometer. ground pork to 160 degrees. use separate cutting boards for raw meat and fresh produce and always wash your hands thoroughly after handling raw meat. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> and get the lysol out and sanitize everything. >> bon appetit, everybody. the twisted part is they use the antibiotics in animals to keep the animals safe, but then because the use is so widespread, resistant forms then grow and we get stories like this. so kind of this weird, weird kind of catch-22 about our food industry. >> and a good tip to use a separate cutting board. >> makes a lot of sense. >> for your meat and produce. do that. i need to cook first. >> sausage for breakfast. >> frozen sausag
u.s. department of agriculture issued a statement saying pork is safe and that all come pans are in compliance. consumer reports stood by their findings. but it's not that hard to make pork safe. make sure you cook it thoroughly. you want to cook whole pork through to 145 degrees. use a meat thermometer. ground pork to 160 degrees. use separate cutting boards for raw meat and fresh produce and always wash your hands thoroughly after handling raw meat. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york....